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Welcome to the Fat Blokes guide to losing weight the Buddhist way. I am on a physical and spiritual journey that leads one day all the way to Dharamsala. I am a morbidly obese, 40 something asthmatic PIE WORRIER who should know better! This is NOT a diet, just a simple mixture of positive thought, healthy eating and lots of exercise. Join me if the mood takes you and please don't walk on the grass without shouting through the letter box! Thanks.

My philosophy of sorts...

'A particular train of thought persisted in, be it good or bad,
cannot fail to produce results. A man cannot directly choose his circumstances,
but he can choose his thoughts, and so indirectly, yet surely, shape his
circumstances.'

2 May 2007

I am really struggling with the exercise side of this - I realise I need to get some more of the weight off before I can really go for the exercising in a big way. I might give drowning (er.. I mean swimming...) a go as well! Nothing like getting your man boobs out in public to build your self esteem!I am a great believer in Dr Ali (see posts passim) - he is rather quaintly called 'an integrated health expert' - whilst I am not entirely sure what this amounts to, I have read his book and think he makes a lot of sense.

His premise is that we are different and importantly, we get fat for different reasons. I appear to be fat because I eat more than I exercise . By the way, isn't eating a form of exercise? Not very efficient I will grant you, but more exercise than throwing yourself off a cliff...).

So far I have tackled the diet, I have removed high fat, salt (nearly - I KNOW) , bread and potatoes. So the next stage for me is fasting (more of that later on).

As for the rest of it, I definitely like the sound of massage ( easy tiger!) - I mean the non-fruity neck and shoulder tension reduction type - strictly no extras required! The Doc puts a great deal of emphasis on the ability of the neck particularly to influence well being and weight loss. I will let you know how I get on.

So far, I am torturing myself with tedious food all for the measly reduction of around 6 lbs - it has GOT to get better than this.

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A PRECIOUS HUMAN LIFE

"Every day, think as you wake up, today i am fortunate to have woken up, I am alive, I have a precious human life, I am not going to waste it. I am going to use all of my energies to develop myself. To expand my heart out to others: to achieve enlightenment for the benefit of all beings.I am going to have only kind thoughts towards others. I am not going to get angry, or think badly about others. I am going to benefit others as much as i can."

Om mani padme hum

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